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May want to consider a rename. I don't know if MS does this or you are already aware but I figure it can't hurt to post this here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en

May want to consider a rename. I don't know if MS does this or you are already aware but I figure it can't hurt to post this here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff851953.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff851953.aspx TL;DR MS already has a project called LightSwitch

indiekate 11y ago
Thanks for the advice. Not sure there's a risk for market overlap in this case. Initial thoughts were "hummingbird" which has 312 results on Github (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=hummingbird https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=hummingbird) including a node.js analytics repo with 2,868 stars and 333 forks, and magpie, which has 325 results on Github (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=magpie&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=magpie&type=Repos...) including a Python Evernote replacement with 633 stars and 52 forks. By contrast, "lightswitch" (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lightswitch&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lightswitch&type=...) turns up 189 repos and the most starred result is flextrick/lightswitch - "Android application with ugly code to control my lights and other stuff (via ssh)" with 6 stars. Most pithy names are probably taken/overused by now. I'm not expecting this to get a ton of traction in any major market - really just a good place for newbies to start. What process do you use for picking app names? I'd be interested to find out if there's something else I should have done.
- mattkrea 11y ago
  Sorry--missed your response and maybe you'll never see this but I typically look for a word that matches what I am trying to do with my project and then use a thesaurus.
  - indiekate 11y ago
    I thought "lightweight" "template fragment switcher" and got "lightswitch". Not so thesaurus-able. :( And I did search Github for repos as shown above; trying not to clash with other open-source projects. After some reflection, I'm thinking these market circles don't overlap at all - lots of devs might know of the other LightSwitch, but the newbies I'm trying to cater to probably don't. ( Also, I didn't. XD ) But thanks for the input, I appreciate it.

indiekate 11y ago

Thanks for the advice. Not sure there's a risk for market overlap in this case. Initial thoughts were "hummingbird" which has 312 results on Github (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=hummingbird https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=hummingbird) including a node.js analytics repo with 2,868 stars and 333 forks, and magpie, which has 325 results on Github (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=magpie&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=magpie&type=Repos...) including a Python Evernote replacement with 633 stars and 52 forks. By contrast, "lightswitch" (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lightswitch&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lightswitch&type=...) turns up 189 repos and the most starred result is flextrick/lightswitch - "Android application with ugly code to control my lights and other stuff (via ssh)" with 6 stars. Most pithy names are probably taken/overused by now. I'm not expecting this to get a ton of traction in any major market - really just a good place for newbies to start. What process do you use for picking app names? I'd be interested to find out if there's something else I should have done.

mattkrea 11y ago
Sorry--missed your response and maybe you'll never see this but I typically look for a word that matches what I am trying to do with my project and then use a thesaurus.
- indiekate 11y ago
  I thought "lightweight" "template fragment switcher" and got "lightswitch". Not so thesaurus-able. :( And I did search Github for repos as shown above; trying not to clash with other open-source projects. After some reflection, I'm thinking these market circles don't overlap at all - lots of devs might know of the other LightSwitch, but the newbies I'm trying to cater to probably don't. ( Also, I didn't. XD ) But thanks for the input, I appreciate it.